Margaret Christopher
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, ACSW (she, her)
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $150
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Beacon Health Options | Carelon
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Highmark
- Medicare
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Pennsylvania / CW017456 Margaret Christopher
- In Practice for 47 Years
- Certificate from Pittsburgh Crime Victims Center Conflict Resolution and Mediation Mediation/Conflict Resolution / 2005
- Certificate from PESI (CCTP) Trauma Treatment Certification Program CCTP / 2023
- Attended University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. MPH, MSW, Graduated 1977
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Behavioral Issues
- Domestic Abuse
Expertise
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Caregiving
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Cyberschool and Other Forms of Homeschooling
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Testing and Evaluation
Client Focus
Age
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Ethnicity
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Children's Social Skills Group
Children learn leadership skills, problem-solving skills, conflict resolution skills and emotional regulation and management in a group setting through discussion, enjoyable group activities, and the the group's development of a musical event that is presented to senior citizens each year. Parents of participating children also meet with me individually or as couples so that they can reinforce what the children are learning in the group at home. Although the children are in a group setting, each one receives a in-depth multidisciplinary assessment and has an individualized intervention plan.
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Group Meets
Location
Deerwood Site
1766 Mountainview Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146
Parenting Group
Parents meet weekly or bi-weekly to establish developmental and educational goals for their infants, toddlers, and/or pre-school aged children and to obtain help in meeting these goals. Each child is assessed before the group begins to determine what goals and methodologies are most appropriate for them. Parents of special needs children, including those who appear to be gifted and talented, are welcome, along with those parents who are parenting children whose development is consistent with the norms for each age
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Location
Allegheny, Westmoreland or Washington County Site
Monroeville, PA 15146
Location
Additional Location
324 Wood Street
California, PA 15419
(724) 227-0660Nearby Areas